Suicidal status, depression, and intellectual functioning in preadolescent psychiatric inpatients

One hundred six preadolescent psychiatric inpatients were studied. Suicidal behavior occurred in children with most psychiatric diagnoses but was significantly associated only with a major depressive disorder (MDD). All children with MDD exhibited suicidal behavior. A borderline personality disorder...

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Published inComprehensive psychiatry Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 372 - 380
Main Authors Weiner, Alan S., Pfeffer, Cynthia R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.07.1986
Elsevier
Subjects
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Borderline Personality Disorder - complications
Child
Depressive Disorder - complications
Female
Humans
Intelligence
Male
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders - complications
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Suicide, Attempted - psychology
Human
Affective disorder
Screening
Prognosis
Adolescent
Depression
Psychometrics
Risk
Intelligence test
Suicide
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Summary:One hundred six preadolescent psychiatric inpatients were studied. Suicidal behavior occurred in children with most psychiatric diagnoses but was significantly associated only with a major depressive disorder (MDD). All children with MDD exhibited suicidal behavior. A borderline personality disorder (BPD) was the only other DSM-III Axis I or II diagnosis with which MDD was significantly associated. The co-occurrence of BPD and MDD was not related to more serious suicidal behavior. Intelligence test scores were not related to suicidal status or severity of depression. The implications of developmental level for these findings were discussed.
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ISSN:0010-440X
1532-8384
DOI:10.1016/0010-440X(86)90013-1